https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/07/06/
new-loan-and-new-contract-for-castillo
New loan and new contract for Castillo
06 Jul 2021
Juan Castillo is embarking on his first loan in English football having
previously had loan spells back in his homeland of the Netherlands.
https://i.imgur.com/cSXcHVp.jpg
The 21-year-old left-back, who has also signed a one-year contract
extension with Chelsea, will spend 2021/22 in the Championship at
Birmingham City.
Last season he played at AZ Alkmaar where he mostly featured in their
second string and then at Den Haag where he made 17 first-team
appearances.
A former captain of Ajax and the Netherlands at youth level, Castillo,
who has also played in more attacking roles, joined Chelsea in 2016 and
helped our Academy win the Under-18 Premier League and back-to-back FA
Youth Cups.
With older age groups, he reached the UEFA Youth League final and scored
in an EFL Trophy quarter-final win against Oxford United's senior team.
Prior to last season's loans in the Netherlands, Castillo spent the
2019/20 campaign back at Ajax where he helped their Under-21s finish
fourth in the Dutch second division.
His next loan club, Birmingham, are managed by Lee Bowyer who moved there
from Charlton in March.